Month: July 2024

David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterJul 25, 2024, 05:22 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — College football might soon say goodbye to walk-on players, and Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney, a former walk-on player at Alabama, said it will be
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Daniel Oyefusi, ESPNJul 25, 2024, 05:18 PM ET Close Daniel Oyefusi covers the Cleveland Browns for ESPN. Prior to ESPN, he covered the Miami Dolphins for the Miami Herald, as well as the Baltimore Ravens for The Baltimore Sun. You can follow him on Twitter @DanielOyefusi. Open Extended Reactions WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Although
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Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff WriterJul 25, 2024, 03:34 PM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions The MLB trade deadline just got more complicated for teams interested in trading for Chicago White Sox starter Garrett Crochet. Crochet, 25, wants a contract extension if he’s traded
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Associated Press Jul 25, 2024, 04:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin athletic director Chris McIntosh has signed a five-year contract extension that includes a pay raise. McIntosh’s contract will now run through June 30, 2029. He has served as Wisconsin’s athletic director since Barry Alvarez’s retirement in the summer of 2021.
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Associated Press Jul 25, 2024, 01:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Philadelphia Flyers have signed All-Star Travis Konecny to an eight-year extension worth $70 million, committing to him being a long-term part of their core as they seek to shift from rebuilding mode to contending. The deal announced Thursday keeps Konecny under contract through
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Andreas Hale, ESPNJul 25, 2024, 03:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Stakes are high for the interim heavyweight title fight between champion Tom Aspinall and challenger Curtis Blaydes at UFC 304 in Manchester, England. UFC president Dana White said during Thursday news conference that the winner of that fight will face the winner of the
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ESPN News Services Jul 25, 2024, 03:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Dylan Cease threw a no-hitter Thursday against the Nationals, becoming the second pitcher in Padres history to achieve the feat. Cease completed the no-hitter on CJ Abrams‘ lineout to right field. The hard-throwing right-hander walked three and struck out nine on a season-high
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Jake Trotter, ESPN Staff WriterJul 25, 2024, 01:56 PM ET Close Jake Trotter covers the Cleveland Browns for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2011 covering college football. Before that, he worked at The Oklahoman, Austin American-Statesman and Middletown (Ohio) Journal newspapers. You can follow him on Twitter @Jake_Trotter. Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS — Even with
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Stephen Holder, ESPNJul 25, 2024, 03:26 PM ET Close Stephen joined ESPN in 2022, covering the Indianapolis Colts and NFL at large. Stephen finished first place in column writing in the 2015 Indiana Associated Press Media Editors competition, and he is a previous top-10 winner in explanatory journalism in the Associated Press Sports Editors national
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Coley Harvey, ESPN Staff WriterJul 25, 2024, 12:39 PM ET Close Previously covered Florida State for Orlando Sentinel and Georgia Tech for Macon Telegraph Northwestern University graduate Open Extended Reactions PARIS — As the reigning U.S. Open champion and the current No. 2 women’s tennis player globally, Coco Gauff was already going to be fairly
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Associated Press Jul 25, 2024, 01:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BLAINE, Minn. — Billy Horschel, who tied for second at last week’s Open Championship after holding the 54-hole lead, withdrew from the 3M Open on Thursday morning due to illness. “I wasn’t feeling great late last night and took some medicine,” he told the
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Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterJul 25, 2024, 01:42 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS — First-year Washington coach Jedd Fisch will lead the Huskies into their inaugural season in the Big Ten with what he said is a “brand-new team” from the one
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Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterJul 25, 2024, 01:42 PM ET Close Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. Open Extended Reactions LATROBE, Pa. — After waking up with calf tightness Thursday morning, Russell Wilson was relegated to being a spectator in his first training camp
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